Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Anoka, MN.

Are you feeling stressed out, anxious,have physical discomfort, persistent worrying and obsessing, fear of social situations, or perhaps panic attacks? If so, psychotherapy at Heteroflexible Therapy can help to alleviate your symptoms. We are skilled at uncovering the cause of your distress and helping you to manage the symptoms. Anxiety is the most treatable of all mental health challenges. We will work with you to design a unique treatment including symptom relief with the possible use of Thought Field Therapy and the identification of thoughts that may be adding to your feelings of anxiety and stress.

The world is filled with stressful situations, both good and bad, causing us to obsessively worry and feel overwhelmed. While it is normal for us to experience some anxiety, there is no need for it to rob us of our joy, health or happiness. When it does, we serve ourselves well if we reach out for help. I can assist you in overcoming your anxiety. Working together, we'll take the time to understand your fears, care for your body and train your mind...you can learn to not only cope with anxiety, but overcome it.

Living with stress and anxiety is hard on our bodies. At their worst, they cause tense muscles and shallow breathing. At their worst, they can cause high blood pressure and other physical problems. First, you and I will explore where you feel stress and anxiety in your body and then you'll learn relaxation tools and healthy self-talk so that you can feel in control rather than out of control.

Anxiety and stress are a part of everyday life for most people. However, anxiety and stress can become so powerful that they take over our lives and it feels as if anxiety and stress are in control instead of us. If it feels like anxiety and stress have taken over your life, we can work together to reduce their impact in your life. We will use cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, relaxation techniques, and explore how you grew up to develop effective coping strategies. Together, we will help you take your life back from anxiety and stress.

Everyone experiences anxiety in life. But when it becomes too much, it saps the very life out of us and causes our quality of life to suffer. This is where action needs to be taken and you must proactively find a therapist who can help you learn effective anxiety management techniques. People who suffer from anxiety often just take medication and fail to utilize proven anxiety reduction methods. The approach I use is to help clients learn how to calm the physiological reactions to anxiety while actively changing the negative thought patterns of worry and fearful thinking. Anxiety is an ingrained pattern of responding to stress which you can hange!

In this fast paced world, many people find themselves struggling with anxiety and stress. It’s important to have some moments where you can determine what might be causing the anxiety, as well as figure out ways to change it. This isn’t always easy to do by yourself or with your friends and family. Sometimes, it takes an objective pair of eyes and ears, to help guide you through the process. You don’t have to live with anxiety and stress; there are ways to deal with it and create a more satisfying way of life!

Are you struggling with anxiety and stress? Are you having trouble concentrating or difficulty sleeping because of worried or stress-filled thoughts? Do you feel overwhelmed with the responsibilities in your life? Are you and your family coping with difficult life challenges? Together, we will work to identify thoughts that maintain your anxiety, expand or strengthen your support system, and increase self-care that will help you manage stress better. I work with individuals, couples, or families who want to manage anxiety and stress in a way that enables them to thrive in their lives, families, and careers.

Anxiety and stress can have an impact on all aspects of our lives. When they are at appropriate levels, they can be helpful, but when they are too present, problems arise. I help people who come to see me identify how much stress is too much, and provide tools they can use to manage more effectively. I use brain based science and mindfulness techniques to help reduce the negative impact anxiety and stress have on people's lives.

Your life does not have to be defined by stress and anxiety! I can help you better understand the source of this discomfort and together develop an individualized treatment plan to help you find relief. Anxiety and stress can result in significant risks to your health, including loss of sleep, increased or decreased eating, high cholesterol, heart attack, and more. So don't wait, I can help you find relief! I offer home-based therapy, or the more traditional office setting.

If you are experiencing stress and anxiety, then you know what a self-fueling cycle it can be - the endless worries, telling yourself you "just need to try harder," the frustration that comes when nothing you do seems to be make a dent in your stress level, leading to physical tension that causes you to feel like you can't get a deep breath or a good night's sleep. And then you worry and beat up on yourself even more. But please know that stress and anxiety respond really well to therapy! You and I will work together to figure out where to break into that cycle and how to do it quickly and most effectively. Often clients experience significant symptom reduction in 5 sessions or less.

Anxiety can be a debilitating condition. Studies show that talk therapy and in some cases medication together have the best success. Learn and implement available skills to reduce your anxiety through cognitive behavioral therapy. If your anxiety is trauma based then Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a successful modality that can reduce your anxiety. There is relief from anxiety!

My approach to managing anxiety is twofold. I first evaluate your situation & understand the external factors that impact you. Next we design and implement a plan to address those factors. Skills like assertiveness, and limit setting may be used to deal with the external stressors. The second thing we do is increase your coping skills. We can use specific behavioral plans, changing self-talk, letting go, and using social supports to increase your resiliency. Stress reduction methods such as meditation, exercise, spiritual resources, and breathing exercises may be used. With time and some effort, you will find that your self-doubt and anxiety will be replaced will confidence & self-esteem.

Anxiety and Stress is one of the leading concerns facing our society today. The difficulty is that it is a systemic problem. The more stressed you becomes the more anxious you are and vice a versa. My approach to anxiety and stress is to assist you in learning calming techniques that can be utilized every day. This is to assist in decreasing not only the thoughts associated with depression but the body symptoms as well. Through this process we will also work on changing negative thought patterns that cause you to be trapped in the cycle of anxiety and stress.